Developing and running virtual human applications on mobile devices is a challenging task. Mobile phones because of the extremely limited hardware resources are out of the question (unless of course you like these bad-looking flash-based avatars). UMPC and notebooks are the best choice for such systems. After reviewing several models I ended up with the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium (1.33 Intel Core Solo Processor):
As the device is not available in Europe, I had to buy it from Ebay and import it in the UK (It cost me close to 900 USD). I also thought to upgrade the device to 2GB Ram but after watching this video I realised that I would better ask an engineer to do it. I only added a 360 degrees web cam (for face detection and QR-CODE reading) as the integrated ones are very low resolution. I installed the systems successfully and I am ready to move on to the final stage of my work – The evaluation Stage of the prototypes. The first two prototypes (Prototype 1 and Prototype 2) will be evaluated in my home country Greece.
